It should be noted that black filter rings, in most cases, will not fit
lenses that were made with silver edged filter rings.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <cgeilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM: Silvernose?
| Charlie,
|
| All the early Zuiko lenses had silver front rings. They began to be
| replaced by black front rings later in the line's history. Maybe others
| know more info and more date details. This ties into the ever-recurring
| discussion on Single-Coated vs. Multi-Coated Zuiko lenses too. Most all
of
| the silver-nosed lenses were single coated and most of the black-nosed
| lenses are multi-coated, but that's not a hard-fast guide. See the
| following FAQ and links for more info:
|
| http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/olympus.faq.html
| http://www.datasync.com/~farrar/zuiko.html
| http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/veluwen/om-sif.htm
|
| Skip
|
|
| At 02:24 PM 9/1/00 +0000, you wrote:
| >Greetings to all,
| > Some time ago I purchased a small group of Zuiko lenses. Amongst them
| > is a 135mm f3.5 which quite honestly I've never used very often. I used
| > it the other day and noticed for the first time that the leading edges
of
| > the lens, hood and aperture ring are polished bright aluminum. Is this
| > the famous silvernose lens I've seen mentioned on these postings?
Besides
| > being a very attractive lens, is there any other significance to this
| > style? None of my other Zuikos have this feature. I have no idea of the
| > lens' age. The serial No. is in the 150000 range. Thanks.
| >
| >Charlie Geilfuss
| >_________________________________________________________________________
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